30 Days, 30 Songs: Make America Great Again

Submitted by The Long Winters on November 4, 2016 - 2:33am

The Long Winters have not released any new music in the past years, but the silence has been broken as they contributed a song to the 30 Days 30 Songs campaign. In this song, written specifically for this project, John Roderick speaks from the perspective of Trump voters in the folk song tradition.

30 Days, 30 Songs is an independent website which releases a song each day from October 10 until Election Day. It features work from artists across the country who are united in their desire to speak out against the ignorant, divisive, and hateful campaign of Donald Trump. In fact, so many artists are participating that the project has now become 30 Days, 40 Songs.

On the 30 Days, 30 Songs website, John Roderick says: "While there are a lot of songs that express elements of what makes Donald Trump so appealing to his followers, like Desperado by the Eagles, Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Honky Tonk Badonkadonk by Trace Adkins and White Rider by Skrewdriver, there’s never been a song that put everything together under one roof. 'Make America Great Again' is a folk song, because it’s from the Volk, the people. If I can help condense all the feelings and issues that inspire Trump voters into a song, and then play that song for the world, well then I will have done my part."